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Iso-hash - result is soft and sticky - too soft

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I recently made "iso hash" from a quantity of trim. "iso hash" is the term that seems to be common on the interwebs to refer the "hash" made by quickly soaking cannabis in isopropanol (rubbing alcohol) and then pouring off the alcohol before it dissolves lots of nasty stuff, and evaporating it.

So, followed procedures - got a dark brown, sticky goo. Even after drying for ~1 week, it's still soft enough that it doesn't hold it's shape. With no change at all in the past few days, i have to assume that it's going to stay like this if nothing is done. This of course is very inconvenient for smoking and storage. It's much easier to have a solid lump that you can shave a piece off of to smoke. Most guides i've read describe the product as drying to a solid that can be rolled into a ball and will stay in a ball; this stuff will turn into a blob within a few hours.

Has anyone had any experience with this before, and might reccomend a way to make it hold its shape? Right now, in order to get it off the glass plate it's sitting on, i need to scrape it off with a razor - needless to say, this means it cant be transfered into a smaller, more protected (and more discrete!) container; this isn't really acceptable - it's eventually going to get dirty as dust lands on it, and I can't store it securely.

Suggestions, anyone?
 
Ive done this a bunch of times with bud and stems both and I said the same thing the first time I just let it keep drying it will eventually get there but it may take more then a week ive had batches go for like 3 weeks before they were solid enough to smoke
 
When it's been evaporated, you can scrap it up, put it on wax paper and throw it in the fridge/freezer. The cold should harden it up, but it will become soft and sticky again once left in room temperature.

I keep my ISO hash in the fridge, on wax or glass.
 
i made some ISO-hash during the summer and i put a medium sized chip dip container full of busted bud and after when i was evaping it i put a fan on it and in around 2 hours its done and i can roll into a ball but i usualy wait 12 hours before smoking lol. using this method i made the finest quality hash i have had in a long time hahaa
 
nice, those are some good ideas. ive always rubbed the goo on a cigarette....it only takes a very small amount and give you a nice lift :)
 
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